A-Tomic tennis at the Australian Open where the local hero wins an incredible match vs. a more seasoned player.
Tomic was in a hopeless situation 2 sets down (and he wasted 3 sets points in the 2nd sets). Then he found his way to get back and win a very hot match (more than 30 degrees celtius).
‘I knew if I lifted my game early, he would have lifted as well and he wouldn’t have left go,’ he said ‘I pretended a little but in the first few games in that third set to not be there as mentally, but in a way to still be there.’
It’s very hard in that position when you’re down two sets to love and having three set points in that second set,’ Tomic said.
‘If it was someone else, I think they would have thrown in the towel. I don’t know how I found the energy today. I knew I could’ve beaten him.’
‘Had I not done that fitness [running on treadmills for 20 minutes after a match] for the last two, three months, there’s no way mentally you can be out there in that heat and turn around a match like that and win,’ he said.
‘This is probably the toughest five-set match I’ve ever played,’ he said. ‘To be able to turn around a match from a player like that just shows me what I’m capable of in the future.’
‘So in the future, when I’m down, I can lift myself and give it a go, always.’
This was a good one!
